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The kohl rabi is quite a good one to sow as the pests don't seem to like it much. The slugs and snails have a nibble but the cabbage white butterflies and flea beetle don't seem to like it much. It tastes like a mild swede/neep and grows quite quickly. If you plant it now, you could be eating them ...

My son and family will be arriving for a visit soon. Baby Ayvah will be five months old when they arrive. I've asked what they will feed her and they've told me she will have whatever we are having but liquidised etc. My son asked if I will just cook a little extra when I'm making our food, liquidi...

i've voted for evening as i work 4 days a week. i`wouldnt want to miss out...i'd come 'listen'...i may not ask questions, but would find the whole thing very interesting. as a side note....we've done this before on the craft forum i belong to and because it was so popular, the mods would gather the ...

geez!, i'd wonder what brown sauce does to your insides as well if it can shift burnt on food :shock: another good one is a dishwasher tablet if you've got one......cover the area with hot water pop in a tab and let it soak for a while, then scrub and repeat as necessary. i'm currently living in as ...

as someone whos worked as a parent educator in NZ and a newborn nanny over here, i've heard some dooozes from health professionals!!. you've had loads of good advice here. i would just like to add a couple of things i would check if a parent presented this to me when i worked in NZ.....does bubs set...

hi and welcome buggalugs.....gosh!, i havent heard that term for ages, but it used to be a common nickname for anyone in my family!!.

you'll soon get fit gardening....i've managed to loose weight in the first 9mths of having my allotment!!.

i would be interested in a course as well....i dont come from a farming background, yet my desire to live as self sufficiently as possible is very strong. i am a more visual learner so while reading all the books is great(and i'm building quite a collection!), i'd love to see it in real life....to b...

g'day bluey...welcome to ish!.
i lived in St Albans for about 9 months and loved the place, and keep thinking about going back there....i'm just 'down the road' in Enfield!.

besides the plug plants i've brought this year, i have sown 4 Amish Paste tomatoes, 2 melons and 2 cucumbers. need to check what to sow next....i'm trying not to have alot of one thing growing at the same time, so working on successional planting at the moment.

Why do you need a specifically eco site ? There must be lots of like minded people out there on regular sites that could be picked out by their profile. I met my OH on a general friendship site and we are pretty eco! :mrgreen: my answer to this is, there are alot of players/time wasters about, and ...

great link Clara....i've saved it to read later...off to the allotment now to enjoy the sushine!.

i hope the quality is better than the smaller versions ,i bought two last spring none made it through to winter. it seemed to have good reviews(always taken with a pinch of salt), and i figured £20 was ok to spend to try the whole greenhouse thing out...can i cope with overseeing that and the plot,...

hi Eve, i shall watch this thread with interest. i didnt know there were any green dating sites....i use bog standard ones and there seem to be very few men interested in any forms of ish! fingers crossed someone knows of a good one!. my only other thought about meeting a man into this lifestyle is ...

It's not exactly the same but I've just brought one of these: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7201981/Trail/searchtext%3EGREENHOUSE.htm Mainly because I can't afford a real green house, my back garden doesn't have the room and I'm in rented accomodation so this is small and transpo...